The prevalence of congenitally missing teeth in class I, II, IIi malocclusions
Cua-Benward, G.B.; Dibaj, S.; Ghassemi, B.
Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry 17(1): 15-17
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 1053-4628 PMID: 1290754 Document Number: 388693
A total of 1619 patients, 502 males and 1117 females, ranging in age from 6.5 to 32 years old were examined. The study used a full set of radiographs, panographs, lateral cephalogram and study models to find the highest prevalence of congenitally missing teeth in class II malocclusion patients and a significant amount of missing maxillary teeth in Class III malocclusion patients.